Who needs holograms? They're boring.

Look at my last post again

edited 4th Aug '12 7:49:13 AM by SuperGex

@Yeller: I was looking into a sandboxed one-way MMI (Man-machine interface) brainreader cap as a HID-compliant device. Only thing I doubt present-day keyboard interfaces have the memory to take that much input.

Scootabsession

Surprise has an itty-bitty sonic doll thingy? brb camping for the set

Oh, if only that were real. But it's not. I wish it is. My wishes will never come true.

edited 4th Aug '12 8:04:19 AM by edvedd

Morning everyone. What's going on?

We're talking about the wonders of electricity and hypothetical Equestrian technology.

Yeah, electricity!

There's only been 5 pages since last night, so it seems pretty dead.

Angel and Fluttershy's marital problems.

edited 4th Aug '12 8:13:58 AM by SkyStrike

Computer neural interfaces would be awesome. You can upgrade your memory whenever you want and check Wikipedia whenever you have a question.

@Angelshy: hnnnnnnngh

@Yeller: That's nice and all, but you'd want to avoid infecting your brain with malware directly.

Somebrony transcribed the MAP! Also, apparently it's Tall Tale.

original MAP in superior quality

edited 4th Aug '12 8:25:20 AM by AceOfScarabs

But what if the internet takes over your body?

Are the dotted lines railways?

@Dalek: That's why I prescribed sandboxed one-way MMI systems instead.

@Yeller: They should be.

"This show needs more X!"

What is the X?

The interesting thing about that map is that Big Mac apparently has some hills named after him.

@ed: Electricity◊, you◊ say◊?

Dang, I really need to get my hands on that map.

@Dalek: As JT told me, the mountains are named after Big Mac

So is that map an official bit of fanservice or is it fanmade?

@Dalek: The transcribe map in Tolkien style is a fanmade.

@Chad Robot Dinosaurs and Captain Falcon.

The more colorful one is official.

I know it's not to scale, but Ghastly Gorge looks awfully close to the desert.

I enjoyed A Canterlot Wedding, but I do tend to think some of the fans tend to hold it as this shining pinnacle for all to see, which can be bothersome. Ultimately, I thought it was a fairly strong pair of episodes, but I will agree there are some I'd consider better.

For me, the writing was just below par for the series. It got into Anvilicious territory with the love theme, and the flashback to filly-Twi and teenage Cadence was a bit hamfisted in establishing her character.

But mainly, it's the matter of the confused moral of the first half: fake!Cadence's behavior, while not sterling, isn't that outlandish for an expecting bride, so Twilight's evidence that something's amiss doesn't really hold up, and she does come across as overly possessive of her brother, even if Cadence was being a jerk. The whole thing seems to be building to a moral having something to do with letting your loved ones make their own decisions even if they're not what makes you happy or something, but then that gets thrown out the window when it turns out Cadence really was a villain. The stated moral is to trust your instincts, but the more apparent moral is that if your brother's girlfriend doesn't like your friends, she's really a manipulative monster trying to steal your brother from you for the ebuls.

edited 4th Aug '12 8:41:34 AM by Wryte

That Scootaloo/Rainbow Dash pic Ace posted near the top of the page is a bit creepy. I'm now picturing Scoots rummaging through Dashie's garbage.

I agree that she was being a bit possessive...up until she walked in on the brainwashing. After that I think she had pretty good reason to be suspicious. Doesn't mean it was a good idea to freak out and accuse Cadence of being evil with no evidence, but I think at that point her suspicion was understandable.

Aesthetically speaking, that map is amazingly well done. I wonder how long it took them to plot everything.